Chapters Nine, Ten and Eleven Summary

Janine wakes certain that the ring she needs is the one on Deming's finger, and this time when she goes down the hill, she launches herself at him without warning. He fights her off and she even bites his hand before he stabs her with his knife. There is no ring, Janine insists and hears her mother exclaiming "Of course I have no ring". The last thing Janine hears her say is that her father took it.

The next time Janine goes down the hill to meet Deming, she insists on waiting until her father returns. With eyes misted over with tears, he tells her he was hoping they'd have more time. Janine tells him she'll send for him. Her father gives her some of the history of her birth while Deming waits impatiently. They...